Force Quote by John Stossel

Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.

— Gavin Newsom

Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

— P. J. O'Rourke

All governments, the worst on earth, and the most tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that portion of the people who voluntarily support…

— Lysander Spooner

Saying that government is not the way to solve problems is not saying that humanity cannot solve its problems. What I've finally learned is…

— John Stossel

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Governments must be conformable to the nature of the governed; governments are even a result of that nature.

— Giambattista Vico

I'm not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that…

— Alan Greenspan

The coercive power of government is always a beacon to those who want to dominate others -- summoning the worst dregs of society to…

— Harry Browne

When the coercive power of government is used to equalize incomes, it guarantees less prosperity across the board and spreads the misery, which is…

— David Limbaugh

You give bureaucrats power over others, and when the others are poor and helpless, nothing matches government. More than any single exploitive tyrannical force,…

— Millicent Fenwick

Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of…

— Harry Browne

“Those in government are especially susceptible to the corruption of power, because government is institutionalized coercion.”

— George H. Smith